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Feeding Your Gadget and Tech ObsessionsTue, 03 Mar 2015 20:21:02 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Facebook proactively searching for compromised user datahttp://www.slashgear.com/facebook-proactively-searching-for-compromised-user-data-17351242/
http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-proactively-searching-for-compromised-user-data-17351242/#commentsFri, 17 Oct 2014 17:27:14 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=351242We see it a lot lately — some hacker makes a big data grab, then dumps the info in a dark corner of the web. The most recent victim of polarizing headlines about compromised data has been Dropbox. While claiming the username/password combinations taken were dated, they still faced a lot of furrowed brows at the data grab. Securing your … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-proactively-searching-for-compromised-user-data-17351242/feed/1Millions of Dropbox credentials hacked from 3rd party services [UPDATE]http://www.slashgear.com/millions-of-dropbox-credentials-hacked-from-3rd-party-services-13350489/
http://www.slashgear.com/millions-of-dropbox-credentials-hacked-from-3rd-party-services-13350489/#commentsTue, 14 Oct 2014 04:15:08 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=350489Just when you though Dropbox was in the clear, a storm suddenly rises to dump a rain of worries on the service's millions of users. As much as 7 million usernames and their corresponding passwords have reportedly been accessed, with a few of them "teased" with a pastebin posting. This incident comes shortly on the heels of yesterday's revelation of … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/millions-of-dropbox-credentials-hacked-from-3rd-party-services-13350489/feed/5Origin not hacked, EA confirms false alarmhttp://www.slashgear.com/origin-not-hacked-ea-confirms-false-alarm-13333575/
http://www.slashgear.com/origin-not-hacked-ea-confirms-false-alarm-13333575/#commentsFri, 13 Jun 2014 18:35:08 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=333575This afternoon there’s been a false alarm announcement by a supposed hacker group suggesting they’d breached Origin, lifting thousands of emails and passwords. In fact the emails included in a leak come up in Google searches as far back as several years ago, meaning the list was likely harvested from several already-public lists. EA suggests that "there is no truth" … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/origin-not-hacked-ea-confirms-false-alarm-13333575/feed/2Venezuelan government shuts down internet in wake of protestshttp://www.slashgear.com/venezuelan-government-shuts-down-internet-in-wake-of-protests-22317781/
http://www.slashgear.com/venezuelan-government-shuts-down-internet-in-wake-of-protests-22317781/#commentsSat, 22 Feb 2014 11:58:57 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=317781Don’t expect one whole heck of a lot of tweets coming out of Venezuela in the immediate future as President Nicolas Maduro’s government has shut down the internet and select TV channels. Having shut down Twitter access for the area this past week, Venezuela’s state-run ISP CANTV has been cut in areas such as San Cristobal. This area is a … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/venezuelan-government-shuts-down-internet-in-wake-of-protests-22317781/feed/6Grand Theft Auto V Online in-game purchases appear: “fleeting” cash cardshttp://www.slashgear.com/grand-theft-auto-v-online-in-game-purchases-appear-fleeting-cash-cards-25299138/
http://www.slashgear.com/grand-theft-auto-v-online-in-game-purchases-appear-fleeting-cash-cards-25299138/#commentsWed, 25 Sep 2013 17:25:04 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=299138As Grand Theft Auto V quickly becomes one of the best-selling games of all time - the quickest-selling game ever, at that - users are turning up oddities in-code in-game left and right. Today's appearance of some Grand Theft Auto Online content helps us understand how different the online multiplayer experience is going to be, starting with cash cards. These … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/grand-theft-auto-v-online-in-game-purchases-appear-fleeting-cash-cards-25299138/feed/5Xbox One engineer anonymously explains what Microsoft 180 cost youhttp://www.slashgear.com/xbox-one-engineer-anonymously-explains-what-microsoft-180-cost-you-21287506/
http://www.slashgear.com/xbox-one-engineer-anonymously-explains-what-microsoft-180-cost-you-21287506/#commentsFri, 21 Jun 2013 12:43:29 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=287506Microsoft's decision to remove the Xbox One's online requirements after a groundswell of gamer revolt has prompted a doleful eulogy for what the system could have evolved into, supposedly penned by a member of the Always Online development team. The document, shared anonymously, primarily blames Microsoft itself for poorly reacting to the bad publicity around the Xbox One's original DRM … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/xbox-one-engineer-anonymously-explains-what-microsoft-180-cost-you-21287506/feed/92Anonymous OpUSA cyberattack plan goes out with a fizzlehttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-opusa-cyberattack-plan-goes-out-with-a-fizzle-08280974/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-opusa-cyberattack-plan-goes-out-with-a-fizzle-08280974/#commentsWed, 08 May 2013 06:26:14 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=280974On Monday, Anonymous and various extremist Islamic hacking collectives announced their OpUSA mission, which was a planned cyberattack against nine big-name US agencies/institutions that the hackers wanted to take down. The attack was announced in a manifesto of sorts on Pastebin, which you can read here if poor grammar is of no bother to you. Not surprisingly, the attack appears … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-opusa-cyberattack-plan-goes-out-with-a-fizzle-08280974/feed/4Anonymous hacks North Korea’s social media in net freedom bidhttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-hacks-north-koreas-social-media-in-net-freedom-bid-04276464/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-hacks-north-koreas-social-media-in-net-freedom-bid-04276464/#commentsThu, 04 Apr 2013 13:09:12 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=276464Hacking collective Anonymous has apparently selected its next high-profile target, in the shape of any sites or social network accounts related to North Korea, seizing control of Flickr and Twitter pages in the process. The activists cracked the Uriminzokkiri accounts and uploaded images of their own, which still remain online at time of writing, in addition to claiming to have extracted … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-hacks-north-koreas-social-media-in-net-freedom-bid-04276464/feed/65MIT Aaron Swartz documents release declared: sans names and detailshttp://www.slashgear.com/mit-aaron-swartz-documents-release-declared-sans-names-and-details-19274592/
http://www.slashgear.com/mit-aaron-swartz-documents-release-declared-sans-names-and-details-19274592/#commentsTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:30:52 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=274592This year started off on a sad note with the suicide of the man known as Aaron Swartz, made famous for his development of Reddit and Demand Progress. His death is said to have been due to massive legal pressure put on by the Department of Justice and MIT after it was discovered that he'd hacked into the academic journal … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/mit-aaron-swartz-documents-release-declared-sans-names-and-details-19274592/feed/0Untethered iOS 6 jailbreak is fake, users get Rick-rolledhttp://www.slashgear.com/untethered-ios-6-jailbreak-is-fake-users-get-rick-rolled-12260662/
http://www.slashgear.com/untethered-ios-6-jailbreak-is-fake-users-get-rick-rolled-12260662/#commentsThu, 13 Dec 2012 02:07:29 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=260662Yesterday, we reported that an untethered iOS 6 jailbreak was going to be released on December 22. A lot of people, including us, were a bit skeptical, although his efforts seemed commendable and legit. However, the hacker behind the jailbreak, Dream JB, turns out to be a fake, as the link to the jailbreak files takes you to a Rick-rolling … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/untethered-ios-6-jailbreak-is-fake-users-get-rick-rolled-12260662/feed/11Leaked Apple IDs didn’t come from FBI after allhttp://www.slashgear.com/leaked-apple-ids-didnt-come-from-fbi-after-all-10246682/
http://www.slashgear.com/leaked-apple-ids-didnt-come-from-fbi-after-all-10246682/#commentsMon, 10 Sep 2012 18:49:08 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=246682By now, many of you probably know about last week's AntiSec hack. The group claimed to have stolen 12 million Apple UDIDs - 1 million of which were posted to Pastebin - from the computer of an FBI agent. At the time, the FBI said that it didn't have any involvement in the hack, and that AntiSec had made the … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/leaked-apple-ids-didnt-come-from-fbi-after-all-10246682/feed/5FBI calls out AntiSec, claim they had nothing to do with stolen Apple IDshttp://www.slashgear.com/fbi-calls-out-antisec-claim-they-had-nothing-to-do-with-stolen-apple-ids-04245942/
http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-calls-out-antisec-claim-they-had-nothing-to-do-with-stolen-apple-ids-04245942/#commentsTue, 04 Sep 2012 21:25:42 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=245942Just a few hours after AntiSec claims to have snagged millions and millions of Apple IDs from an FBI laptop the FBI has issued a statement debunking their claims. We first reported on these events this morning but now it looks like things are about to get a bit more interesting. Claiming that AntiSec is lying about the FBI's involvement. … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-calls-out-antisec-claim-they-had-nothing-to-do-with-stolen-apple-ids-04245942/feed/712m iPhone and iPad ID database hacked from FBI claims AntiSechttp://www.slashgear.com/12m-iphone-and-ipad-id-database-hacked-from-fbi-claims-antisec-04245831/
http://www.slashgear.com/12m-iphone-and-ipad-id-database-hacked-from-fbi-claims-antisec-04245831/#commentsTue, 04 Sep 2012 09:15:04 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=245831Hack collective AntiSec claims to have broken into an FBI agent's laptop and extracted what turned out to be a 12m long list of personal details from Apple devices, alleging that the federal agency had been tracking users. The document supposedly contains Unique Device Identifiers (UDID), usernames, name and type of device, Apple Push Notification Service tokens, zipcodes, cellphone numbers, addresses, … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/12m-iphone-and-ipad-id-database-hacked-from-fbi-claims-antisec-04245831/feed/1Anonymous claims new PSN hack, Sony says it didn’t happenhttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-claims-new-psn-hack-sony-says-it-didnt-happen-15242989/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-claims-new-psn-hack-sony-says-it-didnt-happen-15242989/#commentsWed, 15 Aug 2012 19:27:58 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=242989Here's something that's rather interesting: Anonymous is claiming that it has hacked the PlayStation Network, making off with information on 10 million accounts. Anonymous announced the hack on its Twitter account just over an hour ago (though that tweet has since been removed), and someone claiming to be "the man behind Anonymous" posted this list of emails and encrypted passwords … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-claims-new-psn-hack-sony-says-it-didnt-happen-15242989/feed/1WikiLeaks recovers from massive DDoS attackhttp://www.slashgear.com/wikileaks-recovers-from-massive-ddos-attack-17228810/
http://www.slashgear.com/wikileaks-recovers-from-massive-ddos-attack-17228810/#commentsThu, 17 May 2012 16:53:23 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=228810WikiLeaks has recovered from a massive DDoS attack that lasted three days, during which it had to shift much of its content to mirror sites. It's unclear which hacker group or individual may be responsible for the attack, but a former Anonymous member by the name Nyre has already claimed credit for a similar DDoS attack on The Pirate Bay … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/wikileaks-recovers-from-massive-ddos-attack-17228810/feed/4Twitter says accounts hackers posted were mostly banned spammershttp://www.slashgear.com/twitter-says-accounts-hackers-posted-were-mostly-banned-spammers-09227303/
http://www.slashgear.com/twitter-says-accounts-hackers-posted-were-mostly-banned-spammers-09227303/#commentsWed, 09 May 2012 09:57:00 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=227303This week hackers claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous posted details from about 55,000 twitter accounts. The hackers claim to have broken into twitter servers to steal the data. Twitter is now claiming that most of those 55,000 accounts are bogus. In fact, twitter says that most of those accounts that were published were for accounts that are banned for … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/twitter-says-accounts-hackers-posted-were-mostly-banned-spammers-09227303/feed/0Skype looking into IP address discovery methodhttp://www.slashgear.com/skype-looking-into-ip-address-discovery-method-01225431/
http://www.slashgear.com/skype-looking-into-ip-address-discovery-method-01225431/#commentsTue, 01 May 2012 11:16:38 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=225431Skype has said today that it is investigating a method that can discover a user’s last known IP address when using the VOIP service. Information on how to unearth IP addresses was posted to Pastebin several days ago, which involved downloading a modified version of Skype 5.5 and enabling debug log file creation in the Windows registry settings. The method … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/skype-looking-into-ip-address-discovery-method-01225431/feed/0Anonymous targets music industry with AnonTunehttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-targets-music-industry-with-anontune-20223840/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-targets-music-industry-with-anontune-20223840/#commentsFri, 20 Apr 2012 13:17:16 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=223840Just yesterday we saw Anonymous creating their own alternative to Pastebin, AnonPaste, and now a group of coders affiliated with the shadowy group have announced that they’re planning to create an anonymous streaming music service. The service, called AnonTune, is in early development, but the goal is to pull in music from across the internet and let users listen anonymously. … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-targets-music-industry-with-anontune-20223840/feed/1SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: April 19, 2012http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-april-19-2012-19223682/
http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-april-19-2012-19223682/#commentsThu, 19 Apr 2012 16:10:32 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=223682Get your morning started right with a few fresh reviews from the past few days - we've got not just a couple of smartphones that'll blow your mind, but a Bluetooth speaker to rock out with them on. We've got the HTC One S for T-Mobile review, the HTC One V review, and the Big Blue Live Wireless Bluetooth Speaker … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-april-19-2012-19223682/feed/0Anonymous supplants Pastebin with AnonPastehttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-supplants-pastebin-with-anonpaste-19223625/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-supplants-pastebin-with-anonpaste-19223625/#commentsThu, 19 Apr 2012 12:34:39 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=223625A hack a day keeps the government at bay? Maybe, maybe not. When Anonymous does crawl out from behind the curtains of the internet, they like to dump their prizes and valuable information to Pastebin. Naturally, Pastebin didn’t take too kindly to its service being used that way, and pledged to delete posts which it considered to be abusing the … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-supplants-pastebin-with-anonpaste-19223625/feed/0Anonymous China hacks government websites in protesthttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-china-hacks-government-websites-in-protest-05221698/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-china-hacks-government-websites-in-protest-05221698/#commentsThu, 05 Apr 2012 13:05:48 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221698Looks like those hacktivists are at it again. Anonymous has defaced even more websites, although the legion of hackers seems to be branching out, with this attack being perpetrated by Chinese Anonymous members. Hundreds of Chinese government websites have been defaced in the usual spectacular fashion. Dumps full of emails and phone numbers have also hit the internet via Pastebin, … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-china-hacks-government-websites-in-protest-05221698/feed/6Pastebin no longer safe haven for Hackershttp://www.slashgear.com/pastebin-no-longer-safe-haven-for-hackers-02221160/
http://www.slashgear.com/pastebin-no-longer-safe-haven-for-hackers-02221160/#commentsMon, 02 Apr 2012 22:05:54 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221160The folks at the favorite info-dumping site of groups such as what once was LulzSec and the still very active Anonymous have announced they'll be cutting back on so-called "sensitive" posts. Pastebin has been a fabulous place for those with no wish to be tracked to their source to post information that could lead to law-breaking activities. That's not what … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/pastebin-no-longer-safe-haven-for-hackers-02221160/feed/4PSA: Anonymous ‘Internet Blackout’ a false leadhttp://www.slashgear.com/psa-anonymous-internet-blackout-a-false-lead-29220609/
http://www.slashgear.com/psa-anonymous-internet-blackout-a-false-lead-29220609/#commentsThu, 29 Mar 2012 20:03:43 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220609The hacker group known as Anonymous has been tipped to be initiating a project called "GlobalBlackOut" which would hypothetically knock out the vast majority of the HTTP internet. Though the text posted to PasteBin does appear to be an official Anonymous release, setting in motion wheels which would eventually lead to a March 31st attack on the pillars that hold … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/psa-anonymous-internet-blackout-a-false-lead-29220609/feed/2LulzSec returns: hacks military dating websitehttp://www.slashgear.com/lulzsec-returns-hacks-military-dating-website-27220204/
http://www.slashgear.com/lulzsec-returns-hacks-military-dating-website-27220204/#commentsTue, 27 Mar 2012 13:02:41 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220204Members of LulzSec may have been arrested earlier in the month by the FBI, but that doesn’t stop others picking up the name and running with it. A group of hacktivists calling themselves LulzSec Reborn yesterday hacked into dating website Military Singles. They managed to gather information on 170,937 accounts, and dumped all the email addresses and passwords for others … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/lulzsec-returns-hacks-military-dating-website-27220204/feed/2Symantec reports Anonymous hack tool to be malware in itselfhttp://www.slashgear.com/symantec-reports-anonymous-hack-tool-to-be-malware-in-itself-05216836/
http://www.slashgear.com/symantec-reports-anonymous-hack-tool-to-be-malware-in-itself-05216836/#commentsMon, 05 Mar 2012 17:50:06 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=216836This week a couple of names in information security and the hacking of said information have popped up in relation to one another once again, Symantec accusing certain downloads of Anonymous web tools of containing malware in and of themselves. It is with the tools in question that the utterly massive hacker collective known as Anonymous is able to carry … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/symantec-reports-anonymous-hack-tool-to-be-malware-in-itself-05216836/feed/2Foxconn hack releases Apple order datahttp://www.slashgear.com/foxconn-hack-releases-apple-order-data-09212741/
http://www.slashgear.com/foxconn-hack-releases-apple-order-data-09212741/#commentsThu, 09 Feb 2012 09:14:35 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=212741Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer best known for producing the iPad and iPhone, has been the target of a server hack, with a group calling itself Swagg Security leaking login details for every user in the company, up to and including CEO Terry Gou. The security breach - done, it's suggested, to simply prove that it could be achieved, and for … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/foxconn-hack-releases-apple-order-data-09212741/feed/3Anonymous leaks Syrian government emails after new hackhttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-leaks-syrian-government-emails-after-new-hack-08212622/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-leaks-syrian-government-emails-after-new-hack-08212622/#commentsWed, 08 Feb 2012 15:56:32 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=212622Anonymous has broken into computer systems of Syria's Ministry of Presidential Affairs, with the hack collective exposing hundreds of emails including briefings to the Syrian president about the "easily manipulated " American psyche. Around 78 inboxes were targeted late at the weekend, Haaretz reports, belonging to presidential aides and other advisors at the Ministry. Not content with leaking the messages, Anonymous also revealed … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-leaks-syrian-government-emails-after-new-hack-08212622/feed/3Symantec pcAnywhere source leaked, Hacker negotiations failhttp://www.slashgear.com/symantec-pcanywhere-source-leaked-hacker-negotiations-fail-07212472/
http://www.slashgear.com/symantec-pcanywhere-source-leaked-hacker-negotiations-fail-07212472/#commentsWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:02:02 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=212472A group of hackers claiming to be affiliated with the group known as Anonymous had until today been negotiating with Symantec for a safe return of stolen property through an online personality named YamaTough. The YamaTough personality spoke on behalf of the Lords of Dharmaraja, a known hacker collective responsible for several thefts and subsequent releases of data in similar … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/symantec-pcanywhere-source-leaked-hacker-negotiations-fail-07212472/feed/4Hackers tried to extort $50,000 from Symantechttp://www.slashgear.com/hackers-tried-to-extort-50000-from-symantec-07212362/
http://www.slashgear.com/hackers-tried-to-extort-50000-from-symantec-07212362/#commentsTue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:10 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=212362An e-mail exchange been posted to Pastebin that allegedly outlines an attempt by hackers to extort $50,000 out of Symantec. According to the e-mail exchange, a Symantec employee named Sam Thomas was to negotiate payment with hackers who infiltrated Symantec servers and stole the source code to the popular Symantec applications pcAnywhere and Norton antivirus. The hacker/hackers who were conducting … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/hackers-tried-to-extort-50000-from-symantec-07212362/feed/8Stolen Stratfor member details put online by AntiSechttp://www.slashgear.com/stolen-stratfor-member-details-put-online-by-antisec-30205032/
http://www.slashgear.com/stolen-stratfor-member-details-put-online-by-antisec-30205032/#commentsFri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:48 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=205032Earlier this week we talked about the security breach that happened with anonymous hacked the servers at a security firm based in Austin, Texas called Stratfor. The breach resulted in a huge number of passwords and credit card details being stolen. Anonymous has claimed that a huge amount of money had been donated to charity using the stolen credit cards … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/stolen-stratfor-member-details-put-online-by-antisec-30205032/feed/0Anonymous hacks online military gear supplierhttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-hacks-online-military-gear-supplier-29204917/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-hacks-online-military-gear-supplier-29204917/#commentsThu, 29 Dec 2011 14:47:10 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204917Anonymous has hit an online supplier of military goods operated by a former special forces Lt. Col. named Dave Thomas. The hacker group was able to infiltrate the server of the supplier and claims to have stolen about 20,000 credit card numbers and passwords from the servers of the website. Anonymous posted to Pastebin claiming the hacking victory. Anonymous said … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-hacks-online-military-gear-supplier-29204917/feed/14Stratfor users check if you’ve been hit by Anonymous nowhttp://www.slashgear.com/stratfor-users-check-if-youve-been-hit-by-anonymous-now-27204621/
http://www.slashgear.com/stratfor-users-check-if-youve-been-hit-by-anonymous-now-27204621/#commentsTue, 27 Dec 2011 18:55:05 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204621This week the customers of global intelligence firm Stratfor fell victim to the hacker amalgamation known as Anonymous, and starting today the folks at Dazzlepod have made a webpage available where you, the user, can check your email to make sure you weren't amongst those hit. The Dazzlepod collective has a searchable database which includes all of the information stolen … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/stratfor-users-check-if-youve-been-hit-by-anonymous-now-27204621/feed/2Anonymous ramps Pedophile campaign with IP honeypothttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-ramps-pedophile-campaign-with-ip-honeypot-03192692/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-ramps-pedophile-campaign-with-ip-honeypot-03192692/#commentsThu, 03 Nov 2011 12:10:28 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=192692Hack collective Anonymous has ramped up its anti-pedophile campaign, reportedly tricking those attempting to browse clandestine sites hosting child pornography into accessing a service that would identify their IP address and, subsequently, identify and location. According to a statement attributed to the loosely-banded group, a custom Firefox button was developed and links placed to it - along with a fake … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-ramps-pedophile-campaign-with-ip-honeypot-03192692/feed/5Anonymous takes on child pornographershttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-takes-on-child-pornographers-24190328/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-takes-on-child-pornographers-24190328/#commentsMon, 24 Oct 2011 13:40:23 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=190328Hack collective Anonymous has turned its attention to child pornography, claiming to have brought down a webhost alleged to be hosting more than forty sites on which the illegal content was offered. According to the loosely-affiliated group's statement, Freedom Hosting was challenged by evidence of the pornography stored on its servers but refused to delete it; Anonymous then "infiltrated the … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-takes-on-child-pornographers-24190328/feed/24FBI crows Anonymous/LulzSec arrests as “Day Of Vengeance” nearshttp://www.slashgear.com/fbi-crows-anonymouslulzsec-arrests-as-day-of-vengeance-nears-23182216/
http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-crows-anonymouslulzsec-arrests-as-day-of-vengeance-nears-23182216/#commentsFri, 23 Sep 2011 08:13:28 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=182216Two alleged members of Anonymous and LulzSec have been arrested by the FBI, the law enforcement bureau has confirmed, with a further suspect facing more charges. One of the men, Cody Kretsinger who goes by the LulzSec handle "recursion," is accused of assisting in the Sony hack earlier this year, Fox reports, and attempted to cover his tracks by wiping his hard-drives. The … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/fbi-crows-anonymouslulzsec-arrests-as-day-of-vengeance-nears-23182216/feed/2DigiNotar hacker brags via Pastebin and claims to be Comodo hackerhttp://www.slashgear.com/diginotar-hacker-brags-via-pastebin-and-claims-to-be-comodo-hacker-06177328/
http://www.slashgear.com/diginotar-hacker-brags-via-pastebin-and-claims-to-be-comodo-hacker-06177328/#commentsTue, 06 Sep 2011 13:39:35 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177328This morning I wrote a story about the roughly 300,000 Iranian citizens who may have had their Gmail emails accounts monitored by the Iranian government using one of the bogus security certificates that came from the DigiNotar hack. I also briefly mentioned that the same hacker that attacked Comodo earlier this year had claimed responsibility. F-secure has been keeping an … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/diginotar-hacker-brags-via-pastebin-and-claims-to-be-comodo-hacker-06177328/feed/6Stolen DigiNotar SSL certs used to monitor Google email conversations of up to 300k Iranianshttp://www.slashgear.com/stolen-diginotar-ssl-certs-used-to-monitor-google-email-conversations-of-up-to-300k-iranians-06177311/
http://www.slashgear.com/stolen-diginotar-ssl-certs-used-to-monitor-google-email-conversations-of-up-to-300k-iranians-06177311/#commentsTue, 06 Sep 2011 11:53:37 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177311I mentioned yesterday that the Dutch company DigiNotar had been hacked back in July. The company though that it had revoked all the bogus certificates, but only recently admitted that the hack had happened and that it had missed stolen certs that would allow the impersonation of Google services like Gmail. Those missed certificates have now been used to spy … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/stolen-diginotar-ssl-certs-used-to-monitor-google-email-conversations-of-up-to-300k-iranians-06177311/feed/5SlashGear Week in Review – Week 32 2011http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-week-in-review-week-32-2011-07170088/
http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-week-in-review-week-32-2011-07170088/#commentsSun, 07 Aug 2011 15:24:40 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=170088It's that time again; the SlashGear Week in Review is back. One of my favorite stories from last week was the LEGO DIY R2D2 robot. The robot was remote controlled and even the little dome turned making for a very cool project. The teen LulzSec hacker that was arrested in Britain recently was found to have details on hundreds of … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-week-in-review-week-32-2011-07170088/feed/0Anonymous may be testing a new attack tool dubbed #RefRefhttp://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-may-be-testing-a-new-attack-tool-dubbed-refref-02168929/
http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-may-be-testing-a-new-attack-tool-dubbed-refref-02168929/#commentsTue, 02 Aug 2011 11:50:15 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168929With some high profile arrests in hacking cases lately it appears that Anonymous might be working on a new attack tool that makes it less likely that the attackers can be caught. The DDoS tool that anonymous is using in its attacks now is called LOIC. The new tool is apparently called #RefRef and the new tool attacks with new … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/anonymous-may-be-testing-a-new-attack-tool-dubbed-refref-02168929/feed/3Lulzsec spokesperson Topiary arrested by British e-policehttp://www.slashgear.com/lulzsec-spokesperson-topiary-arrested-by-british-e-police-27167739/
http://www.slashgear.com/lulzsec-spokesperson-topiary-arrested-by-british-e-police-27167739/#commentsWed, 27 Jul 2011 16:41:02 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=167739UK police have reportedly arrested Lulzsec spokesperson Topiary, in a snatch that saw the unnamed 19 year old detained at a residential address in the Shetland Islands. The arrest was made by the Police Central e-Crime Unit, the Metropolitan Police has announced, after an "intelligence-led operation." Details of the arrest and of the investigation that led to it are currently sparse, though British … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/lulzsec-spokesperson-topiary-arrested-by-british-e-police-27167739/feed/2